Rule for printers  use



(No Model.)

L. QUELLMALZ. RULE FOR PRINTERS USE.

No. 541,117. Patented June 18,1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn LOUIS QUELLMALZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RULE FOR PRINTERS USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,117, dated. June18, 1895.

Application filed March 18, 1895- To crZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis; QUELLMALZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Rules for Printers Use; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for printingrule lines,dashes, and dotted lines, which means shall be cheap,convenient and of a labor saving character.

My invention consists further in the construction of the article ofmanufacture, hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is an endelevation of one form of my device. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the formof device employed for printing rule lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective ofthe form of device employed for printing dash lines. Fig. 4: is aperspective of the form of device em- Fig. 5 is an elevationillustrating the manner of setting up the devices for use.

In the constructionof the device as shown the numeral designates thebase, and 11 a standard formed on one edge of said base and verticallyextending therefrom at right angles thereto.

A shoulder 12 is formed on and extends laterally from the standard 11 atright angles to said standard and parallel with the base 10, whichshoulder is located above the said base such a distance as to positionthe upper face of said shoulder about the length of a slug above thelower face of the said base. The outer face of the shoulder 12 is in thesame vertical plane with the outer face of the base 10. r

The standard 11 extends a short distance above the shoulder 12 and isbeveled on the side thereof adjacent to the said shoulder, a

plane surface 13 being formed at the apex of Serial No. 542,106. (Nomodel.)

said beveled portion parallel'with the shoulder and base, which surface13 is the printing surface of the rule.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 3 a series of elongated lugs 14is formed on the standard 11 at the apex of the beveled portion thereof,the upper surfaces of which lugs are in a common horizontal plane, andsaid upper surfaces conjunctively form the printing surface of the ruleemployed to print broken or dash lines.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 4 a series of cylindrical lugs15 is formed on the standard 11 at the apex of the beveled portionthereof, the upper ends of which lugs are in a common horizontalplane,parallel with the shoulder 12 and base 10, and form conjunctivelythe printing surface employed, to print dotted lines.

When in practical use the rules are set up as shown in Fig. 5, inengagement with each other, and the shoulders 12 and bases 10 serve toseparate the printing surfaces the desired distance and support thesame.

It is obvious that the rules may be made of brass or any desiredsuitable alloy or composition that the trade may require.

What I claim is 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a printe'rsrule comprising a vertically positioned plate, a base integral with thelower edge of said plate, and a shoulder formed on said plate above andparallel with the said base, asset forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a printers rule comprising astandard 11, a base 10 formed integrally with, and extending laterallyfrom and at right angles to, the lower edge of said standard, and ashoulder 12 integrally formed on said standard in the vertical plane of,and above, the base, the up per edge of the standard being beveled onthe side thereof adjacent to the said shoulder, and so shaped as toprovide a printing surface.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS QUELLMALZ. Witnesses:

G. W. HERBST,

IDA O. ENGELHARD.

